2 Chronicles 25:3

2 Chronicles 25:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
• New International Version (NIV)After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.

Context of 2 Chronicles 25:3

1Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart. And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father. 4But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, "Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin." 5Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were 300,000 choice men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield.

2 Chronicles 25:3 word by word

וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר חָזְקָ֥ה הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה עָלָ֑יו וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו הַמַּכִּ֖ים אֶת־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אָבִֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now it came to pass, when the kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• was establishedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• to him, that he slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• that had killedנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 25:3

• 2 Kings 14:5And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand, he struck down his servants who had struck down the king his father.
• 2 Chronicles 24:25When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
• Genesis 9:5And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
• Exodus 21:14But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
• Numbers 35:31Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Amaziah executed the officials to avenge his father and fulfill the justice described in the Law.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-42Ch 25:1-4. Amaziah Begins to Reign Well. 1. Amaziah was twenty and five years old, &c.--(See 2Ki 14:1-6). 2Ch 25:5-10. Having Hired an Army of Israelites against the Edomites, at the Word of a Prophet He Loses a Hundred Talents and Dismisses Them.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary